Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02
EnR THE IanIES.


II
ns..h MULCH Craik, the sufhor o.
i.hn Hslifax Gentleman g and many
.sker novels, contributes a KeauAkte
49,. ..,s q Concerning Men q the en-,
80 's,zsfnber q the Forum Al hef
.s',.svVa fiona. abe aays have tended q
~ hfr n flae ek thai while the
l. $3.50 v3osnans a more elsimatle,
49, foveable. and often moro capable
- reliable than the average man,
fsI~re sfe exceptional men, nooier tllAn
80 worsSn. for the simple Eeeseu fhat
~ rnasculius nature i larger and
IssrongeT, with Wider poasthllities ior
- wi and good Ihe cEged that
-onan 4 the better man y the|
I,nsin holds good, intellectually 81 vel
= ohysIcalIy. Morally, The writer
6oubts Il. In purity, slngle minded
80 unselfahness and faithfnlness she
Eorsiders the ordinary man below TIE
ordinary woman.
Absolute equality between the sexes
- heIIeyes Is impossible Nature sets
keT face against e by the inherent de-
80 10 woman 70 look up 20 some one
svreafpr than herself 20 NiaEn she caf
S-Iine without any sense 81 lnfsrlority'
k.of merely to love but TO worship, 20
Kelieve everything he says ard does -
1-iohf. % be ready 10 live Tor him or die
n, Nm and fuenHe hef oWn identity
f-,ssss.l e'feiv II liz. This 4 tie modest
AhsIf al womankind. IL Il nature, and
Sretnre & right. Nature, too. lays
I5oWn limits beyond which women in
ne aggregate cannot pass. she meane
shem he not men, or, rather. iunita-
ion men, but the mothers o. men. i
This abstract universal mother
Impulse, absent In ment IL man loves
|hIs own children, but seldom any other
nsnsl b, r believe the keynote Of
fefufnine nature, ana has ~ roots -
and physiological laws
aistincf from t1oBe which belong 70 the
'other sen. Man is made Of muscle and
braius; by them he has TO govern the
world. His very selhshness-or say
|sel6sm--his hardness and Inasterful-
.ness are, In one sense, . necessity else
la would never be able to fight his way
nd protect those whom he h bound 20
|Drotact, But woman's kingdom Is the
|6esrf AR0uAn without tenderness.
|Vith5ut gentleneas, without tbs power
IN self-suppression TO an almost inhn-
he degree, Is q creature 90 anomalous
Ehat she cannot fail to do enormous
harm, both 20 her own sex and 70 the
|other."
For many Of men's errors Mrs. craik
|dnds women 70 blame. First, for their
'Viaiausneas and eoareeness, women Be
y zoo ignorant or coWaTdly 70 exact
'fronf men the came standard OF virtue
.men expect from them; secondly, for
their tyranny. because their laws and
customs OF generations have placed
women too much in the power Of men
and their own warm affections make
them slaves; thirdly, for their aelfish-
mess, nurtured and developed by the
|adoFatiOn bestowed upon him from bis
|eTadle, there being no time IL his life
when he IL not bolstered up IN his ego
|tlem by the f0oliah subservience OF the
women about him.
Loving and serving Is a Woman's des.
Itinv. but Il should be done In the right
way. To yield 10 q man when You
know be Is IN the wrong; TO teach 9TH
ers 10 Weld 70 him, right or wrong, Is
10 Mace him on a pedestal where not
ona man IN a thousand could stand
Steadily. Women should first be the
wives and mothers; failing Ia that, not
30 much the rivals IS the friends and
helpers Of men. This they can be
without attempting the impossible and
without contfoyeftlng me Christian
doctrine that man Is the head o. the
woman.
That as q whole men do their life
work better than women Mrs. Craik
thinks q mistake. Their Werk 70 seen
wofnaftis unseen. Their aims are lar
ger, perhaps n0bler, but they are less
persistent, more prone 70 get weary OF
weil-doing In physical courage they
excel. but IN moral courage few men
are equal 10 women. The statistics OF
lunatic asylums show that the largest
proportion Of male patients have been
driven mad by worldly misfortunes.
Not 30 with women. They can endure
almost any amount Of external suffer
lng-can endure life and face death.
Their one Vulnerable point Il their
affections.
srBut, I repeat. some, nay many
men are found nobler than the very
Modest OF women. One, perhaps, tolls
all his life at . calling he hates, yet
which happens 70 be the only one in
which ho can earn the family bread.
Another resigns silently al the lawful
pleasurea 81 existence, intellectual and
social, 70 that same cruel necessity OF
providing for bis dear ones. a third,
wear after year, endures with sublime
patience the fretfulness OF an invalid
wife, or the sin and misery 81 q drunk
en- one. A fcurth--less wretehed than
these, yet still most unfortunate hav-
ing married from 4 attitude or impulse,
wear after year honorably and tatth-
fullv puts up with the companionship
Of s woman who 3 no companion at
an, with whom he has not the slightest
sympathy, whom be either never loved
rightly OF has long ceased 70 love; yer
Tor 4 whole lifetime he hides this fact
ana les consequences IN his own bosom,
without ever letting the world Ind out,
or euess that he himself has found out,
whak he nov knows 70 have been . ter;
ribie fiistake. such instances not
rave. arr enough 10 prove. eecn % me
most vlYulent Of his feminine detraet..
ors. that man, made IN the image OF
God. has something godlike about him
STILL something that we women are
justified IN admiring and adoring, de-
voting. nay, sacrificing ourselves 70